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Let it Shine
03:51
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There will be light
Electric yellow light
when you scream into the night
There will be hands
Children's hands
On your skin
To help you stand
Let it shine
Oh let it shine
There will be sons
To other ones
They'll be with you from now on
There will be pain
Plenty of shame
For your skin and for your name
Let it shine
Oh let it shine
There will be light
Inner, outer light
But it won't shine
Without a fight
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Telling My Story
02:40
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3. |
Things Will Go Better
03:42
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He comes back from prison
And buys some Coronas
His friends all come around
I am his proud son
And though I'm in high school
He laughs and passes one down
Down the line
Down the line
Soon comes the morning
And my old man's sleeping
The schoolbus rumbles outside
My head rolls like thunder
Through dodgeball in PE
I sweat and wonder if I'll die
Beside me in math class
Sits a girl with my number
And asks if I heard her call
I tell her to back off
My old man's out of prison
So forget what I whispered in the hall
Maybe things will be better next time
Down the line
Down the line
Maybe things will be better this time
Down the line
Down the line
He's in my bed shirtless
Woke up when I came in
He grins and offers me a smoke
I join him, I burn one
And ash in a bottle
I ask him why the lamp broke
He talks about mama
In Spanish and jailyard
Some language I can't understand
While I was at school
She cursed him while cleaning
Told him she’d need a better man
Maybe things will be better next time
Down the line
Down the line
Maybe things will be better this time
Down the line
Down the line
"And son, let me tell you
This is for the best
These women, they all come and go"
My father he stretches
The air has been poisoned
And there are a few things I know
That girl, I should call her
But she won't answer
I know the same thing my dad knows
I'll curse her, I'll stalk her
I'll block her online
But I’m my father’s son, so you know
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Waterfall
03:58
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If you want to see a waterfall
If the neon's fine
Straight flourescent lines
If the neon's fine
And you don't mind
If the story's fine
In your old man's lines
If the story's fine
Then do your time
But if you wanna see a waterfall
If you wanna see a waterfall
If your old man drinks
In his prison stink
If your old man drinks
Then he strikes and shrinks
You're just a kid
Keep the thunder hid
You're just a kid
Keep it under the lid
But if you wanna see a waterfall
If you wanna see a waterfall
You've got to leave the city
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White Spirit
05:50
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Tell me, Bruno
What did you feel
Was it breath on your neck
Or the wind on your heels
It's a lonely lot
From apartment to dump
And a quiet night
For things to go bump
Tell me, Bruno
What did you see
Did a ghost move the swing
Or was it the breeze
Did the brand of the priest
Burn you or heal
And was the white spirit
Imagined or real
Tell me, Bruno
What did you hear
Did the fears of your fathers
Tickle your ears
Maybe you and Tito
Will leave this behind
And some dream will echo
And bring it to mind
Tell me, Bruno
Who will you be
The son of the fear
Or the son who is free
And will you slip the cross
Or find in it peace
Or wear it around
Like it's a disease
Did the brand of the priest
Burn you or heal
And was the white spirit
Imagined or real
Tell me, Bruno
What did you hear
Did the fears of your fathers
Tickle your ears
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Banner Over Me
05:02
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I want faith like a feast
To eat and drink in the face of the beast
I want hope like a song
To move in the wind when the road is long
I want love like a flame
That lights and warms and plays its game
I want faith like a feast
To eat and drink in the face of the beast
I want hope like a song
To move in the wind when the road is long
I want love like a flame
That lights and warms and plays its game
I want to wear it like a belt
I want to write it so it’s felt
I want to hold it to the wind
And draw it in, draw it in
I want love like a banner
Over me, over me, over me, over me
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Eric Lawrence North Fort Collins, Colorado
Eric writes and records in his studio in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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